Preventive approach key
The News Review:
- Preventive approach key
- The Wright Way
- Take me to the Casbah.
- Notes: Church adjusting to new role
Preventive approach key
NEWS.com.au – Aug 16, 2005
is to attack the problem offshore before it comes to Australia,” he said. “What London has taught everybody is that in some cases the problem will be home grown, and that’s why we need to reach out into those areas, to ensure that those areas that will identify the problem first will bring it forward, particularly to the national hotline. The Islamic and business communities were particularly important allies, Mr Keelty said. “There are some facts that you can’t escape from here, about 90 per cent of the infrastructure of Australia is privately owned so it’s important that the engagement of business takes place,” he said. “We have now in Australia a trusted sharing information network for the protection of critical infrastructure. Since September 11, Australian intelligence gathering had moved “light years”, Mr Keelty said, not only in terms of quality but also the openness with which it was shared, especially with the private sector.
The Wright Way
Washington Post – Aug 16, 2005
‘"Exploring the house with Dunlap one day, Kimsey came across Wright’s original drawings of the home in one of the cabinet drawers. "It was a eureka moment," Kimsey recalls. A Memorial Day weekend trip to Taliesin West — Wright’s winter home in Arizona and now home to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation — to talk to Wright archivists cemented his plans to restore the house to exactly what the architect had wanted. The restoration process had barely begun when a miscommunication arose between Joan Smith and Kimsey’s staff over what to do with the Wright-designed furniture in the home. Smith says she thought Kimsey didn’t want the furniture, so she set about finding suitable places for it. The large dining room table and two side tables were donated to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and two of the smaller plywood tables were sent to be auctioned off to raise money for the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy in Chicago. This caused a mini-stink within Wright circles, because purists believe that the original furniture should remain in a Wright-designed home whenever possible, Joan Smith says…
Kimsey is trying to get the $1 million-plus restoration done and the house furnished by fall, and he hopes to have a cocktail party there soon. He doesn’t plan to open the home to the public, but instead to use it for small fundraisers, parties and — once again with the mischievous twinkle in his eye — "romantic dinners. " Divorced with grown children, Kimsey is considered one of the most eligible bachelors in Washington. Looking back on the time when he was entertaining thoughts of redoing the house, Kimsey says, "Nobody ever said, ‘Don’t do it,’ but to change the house was such anathema, heresy" to Wright loyalists. "Once you understand the intense devotion these people have to his work, you realize they don’t see you as the owner, you’re like the trustee. So I decided to restore it back to its original condition — which by the way was cheaper than renovating — and everybody breathed a sigh of relief. "Annie Gowen is a reporter for The Post’s Metro section.
Take me to the Casbah.
Free with registration – San Diego Union Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 16, 2005
If the power doesn’t go out and the band shows up, he’s happy. At 51, Mays has been a mainstay in the fleeting San Diego club scene for two decades. Nationwide, the industry has changed during his tenure: Nightclubs have grown into franchises, music has moved further into the mainstream, and artists have kicked off bidding wars to get a bigger take of ticket sales. The changes have left dozens of independently owned clubs in the dust, but the Casbah has thrived. “Tim Mays has built a solid reputation in the industry,” said Gary Clapp, promotions director for Radio Station 91X. “A lot of today’s major artists got their start playing the Casbah. Tim has been instrumental in the local music scene.
Notes: Church adjusting to new role
MLB.com – Aug 16, 2005
Today we see too many managers sitting a lot of players, and I’m not that type of player. I told Frank, ‘Don’t baby-sit me. I know what I need to do. ‘ I’m going to do everything I can to help this team win. I appreciate when the manager looks out for you like that, but I don’t know how to stay on the bench and watch the people play. ” No deal: On Aug…
Still no progress: Though Larkin, the special assistant to the general manager, has been helping shortstop Cristian Guzman with his hitting over the last couple of days, hitting coach Tom McCraw doesn’t see Guzman making progress with the bat. McCraw said that Guzman still doesn’t have a plan at the plate and that once he figures out what he is doing there, his physical problems with the bat will go away. Entering Monday’s action, Guzman is hitting. 190 with three home runs and 16 RBIs. “Unless you make that mental change first, all the physical change in the world will not do you anything, in my opinion,” said McCraw. “Once you make the mental change, things to start to fall in place. Nine out of 10 times, it will correct your physical flaws.